Synonyms of mobs

mobs 1 of 2

noun

plural of mob

1

as in throngs

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

a mob of pigeons soon flocked around us after they spied the bread crumbs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throngs
• swarms
• hordes
• crowds
• flocks
• masses
• multitudes
• legions
• masses
• armies
• herds
• bikes
• millions
• droves
• routs
• crushes
• presses
• hosts
• rabbles
• riffraffs
• crams
• scrums
• rabblements
• piles
• gaggles
• heaps
• mountains
• jams
• logjams

2

as in gangs

a group involved in secret or criminal activities

the club owner was accused of having connections with a mob of racketeers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gangs
• Mafias
• syndicates
• clans
• networks
• crews
• conspiracies
• rings
• cabals
• crowds
• cliques
• bunches
• covens
• circles
• coteries
• packs
• lots
• sets
• juntas
• galères
• oligarchies

3

as in masses

the body of the community as contrasted with the elite

political speeches designed to appeal to the mob

Synonyms & Similar Words

• masses
• crowds
• populaces
• publics
• people
• millions
• commoners
• multitudes
• commons
• plebeians
• plebes
• herds
• cattle
• proletariats
• rank and files
• rabbles
• scums
• hoi polloi
• riffraffs
• routs
• bourgeoisies
• rabblements
• tagrag and bobtails
• tag, rag, and bobtails
• middle classes
• unwasheds
• trash
• ragtag and bobtails

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elites
• flowers
• elect
• creams
• aristocracies
• pinks
• fat
• choices
• A-lists
• upper crusts
• picks
• societies
• prides
• best
• qualities
• nobilities
• royalties
• gentilities
• patriciates
• corps d'elite
• gentries
• gentlefolks
• peerages
• haute mondes

mobs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mob

as in flocks

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers

the snack bar was mobbed as soon as the meeting was over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flocks
• crowds
• invades
• throngs
• swarms
• jams
• infests
• besets
• overruns
• plugs (up)
• obstructs
• clogs
• dams